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VOLUME 42 NUMBER 2 THURSDAY. JANUARY 1 5. 2004 25?
Major Brewington takes over command in Georgia
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Major Eric T. Brewington
A change of command ceremony was held at Moody Air Force Base.
Georgia January 6, 2004. At that ceremony Major Eric T of (the
Brewington assumed command of the 347th Contracting Squadron
The Squadron is to train and deploy combat contracting officers aria
provide over $55M of contracting support annually to USAF's only
active duty CSAR wing. AETC's479 FTG pilot training mission and
ACC's 820 SFG in support of its rapidly dcplovable force protection
role totalling 4.200 personnel.
Major Brewington was born in Robeson County North Carolina. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Br^w i ngton of Pembroke. He entered the
US Air Force as an AFROTC Distinguished Graduate in 1990 after
graduating from Pembroke State University. He earned a Master of
Business Administration Degree in Acquisition and Contracting in
October 2000 with Western New England College. Springfield, Massachusetts.
Major Brew ington's first assignment was as the Section Commander
and Squadron Commander's Adjutant with the 95th Fighter Squadron.
Tyndall AFB. Florida He attended RED FLAG '92 In 199.1 He was
assigned overseas to the 67th Special Operations Squadron. 352d Special
Operations Group at Royal Air Force (RAF) Alconbury. United
Kingdom He serv ed as the Squadron's Chief of Current Operatiaass
and in 1996 became Deputy Chief for Group Current Operations. !52d
Special Operations Group. RAF. Middcnhall. Uiutcd Kingdom His deployments
include Operations PROVIDE Promise in 1991. Deny Flight
in 1994 and Joint Endeav or in 1996
In 1997. Major Brewington cross-trained into contracting through the
Air Force Institute of Technology Education with Industry Program in
Lockheed Martin. In 1998 he was selected as Contracts Manager. Joint
STARS Program. Electronic Systems Center. Hanscom AFB. Massachusetts.
He was responsible for the administration of $2.5 billion procurement
of two JSTARS aircraft and upgrades to five additional aircraft
While there, the team streamlined the delivery process of JSTARS
aircraft and deliv ered two jets for the Kosovo crisis 122 days early. In
2000. he was selected as the contracts Manager for Global Grid PAD.
Electronic Systems Center. Hanscom AFB. Massachusetts He was
the lead contracts administrator for Air Combat Command's Tactical
Air Control Party Modernization and also the Laser Ranger Finer upgrade
Both of these procurements were fielded early While in AFMC.
he was awarded Air Force Material Command's equal Employment
Opportunity Program Manager of the Year for 2001 in the Native American
and Alaskan Native category .
In July 2001. Major Brewington was assigned as Flight Commander.
Specialized Contracting Flight. 3d Contracting Squadron. 3d Wing.
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Elmendorf AFB. Alaska He was responsible
for the largest Specialized Contracting Flight in PACAF He acquired
and managed contracts worth approximately $314 million for
Eleventh Air Force. Alaskan Command. Alaskan NORAD Region missions.
and COPE THUNDER exercises. The 3d Contracting Squadron
provided enhanced readiness through contract support for the 3d Wing,
the 611th Air Support Group. 3 forward operating bases. 18 remote
radar sites, and 11 federal agencies with combined populations totaling
26.000 statewide.
Major Brewington has completed Squadron Officer School in residence,
Air Command and Staff College (Seminar), and has a level III
certification in Contracting (systems Acquisitions).
Major Brewington and his wife, Mary Jane, also a native of North
Carolina, have been married for 16 years and have four daughters.
Erika Ana'cia," age 15; Meagan Leigh, age 14; Kristin Arelia, age 12;
and Laurel Tsali, age 8
Several relatives, including his parents, attended the ceremony.
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital participates in national
cancer prevention and detection studv
PfNEHURST- First Health Moore Regional Hospital is participating in
a nationwide study to find ways of lowering the risk of developing
ovarian cancer and improving the ability to detect the cancer early
Cancer specialists at Moore Regional are now enrolling patients in
this new clinical trail, which is funded by the National Cancer Institute
in collaboration w ith the Gynecologic Oncology Group Women who
arc at high risk for developing ovarian cancer and who meet several
other criteria may be eligible to participate in the Ovarian Cancer
-Prevention and Early Detection Study. "A strong family history of
ovarian cancer or breast cancer that occurs before menopause is one
of the major risk factors for ovarian cancer and an eligibility criteria for
this study " said John Byron MD. a gynecologist who is the principal
investigator for the clinical trail at Moore Regional. "For example, one
of the women we have already enrolled in the study doesn't have
breast or ovarian cancer, but her mother and three of her mother's
sisters had breast cancer before the age of 50. So her risk of having a
genetic predisposition to malignancy is extremely high."
About 25.00 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian
cancer each year As with many cancers, the survival rates are much
higher when the disease is detected early.
Currently, there arc no standarirecommcndation concerning medical
intervention for women with a high risk of ovarian cancer. Some women
choose to reduce their risk by having their ovarian and fallopian tubes
removed, even if there are no indications that they have cancer They
decide to play it safe, because women often don't know they have
ovarian cancer until it is far advanced
In the early stages, the disease typically causes no symptoms.
only mild, vague sy mptoms One goals of theclinincal trail is to
reduce the number of unccssary surgeries by findain realiablc ways to
detect early signs of ovarian cancer The study w ill look at the inci
denceof ovarian cancer in the tow groups of woman- those have their
ovaries and tube removed and those who are closely followed and
tested annually for indications of disease The study is not randomized
trial and is unique in that patients can choose which of the two
courcs they want to follow. The ovaries removed from women who
choose surgery will be throughly analyzed fro any signs of maligancv.
Women who choose not to have surgery .will have an ultrasound test
to check their ovaries, tubes and uterus. The ultrasound will be repeated
once a year Woment in the study also will recieve yearly
mammograms, and they will have an inital blood test to check^ertain
protiens in the blood which are associated with cancer Annual followup
tests show will detect any changes in protein levels. Significant
changes will alert clinicians that a problem may be developing. If. at
any point, the test show early signs of cancer, a woman may choose to
have surgery. Data collected on both groups women in the study will
be analyzed continously. If and when the results show that one course
of management is safer adn mroe effective than the other, the study
will be stopped.
The Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Study plans to
evaluate more than 3,400 high-risk women nationw ide over the next
two years. Only a few hospitals in North Carolina are eligible to take
part in the study. Moore Regional Hospital is participating as an affiliate
of UNC Hospital, and through UNC's membership in the national
Gynelocogic Oncology Group (GOG), a national organization that develops
and oversees clinical trials involving all types of gyneccologic
maliignancies Anyone with question about eligibility for the ovarian
cancer study can call Pat Young R.N., clinical trial coordinator at Moore
Regional Hospital, at (910) 215-2200. "We want to hear from women
who arc interested in the study and think they might be eligible." Young
said More information about the clincial trial is available by calling the
National Cancer Instiiitute's information service at 1-800-4-CANCER
Basketball Camp accepting applications
Registration is now open for the 26th Annual Bry an Adrian Summer
Basketball Camp Boys and girls ages 5-18 are eligible. Thesummcr
camp locations and dates are: North Carolina Weslcyan College in
rocky Mount. NC June 27-July 1. and Wingatc College in wingate. NC
July 4-8 Included on the Camp staff are Raymond Fclton (UNC).
Rashad McCants (UN). Christ Dehorn (Duke)." Jason Capel )Pro) and
Eric Montross (Pro). For a free brochure call 704-377-66387 anytime
A Commoner's Comments
If they can 7 sign it will they ignore it?
With the mischievous chuckle that sometimes precedes his never ending
humor, Carl Ricky Jones asked me if the State of North Carolina will
have to rewrite its history. Carl was referring to the same situation
Washington Post columnist David Broder addressed in a late December.
2003 column concerning Essie Mae Washington-Williams, he reported
that she " finally confirmed decades of rumors and told the
Washington Post's Margaret W Thompson that she was in truth the
daughter of the longest serving senator, who died this vcar at age
100
Columnist Broder wrote "Had she spoken with anger about the hypocrisy
of a man who espoused separation of the races but exploited a
powerless young black woman sexually, she could have stirred the
racial tensions never far below the surface Instead, she spoke kindly
of her father's outreach to her and the financial support he provided "
But even though the senator 's white children acknowledged Ms William'
claimed paternity, can this revelation be chiseled in stone at this
point?
After all. Rush Limbaugh isout of drug rehab, and back at the helm of
"Republicans can do no wrong" talk radio Will Limbaugh and his
counterparts spin that "powerless young black woman" into a sex
crazed manipulator, who raped young Strom repeatedly until she was
sure she was pregnant, so she could set herself up as a "victim: and
"extort" money from the Thurmond family? And spin Strom into a
southern gentleman, who did not report the repeated rapes and have
his tormentor arrested because he did not want to embarrass the "pow'
crless" young black woman's family?
Referring to Ms Williams' first appearance as thurmond's daughter
Columnist Broder closed with "For the moment at least they were no
blacks or whites, they were South Carolinians, able to acknowlcdgi
and deal with their past-and the reality of their complex history " Wil
the spin-doctors of conservative talk radio be able to deal with Rcpub
lican strom Thurmond's hypocritical past? Probably not But there':
a bit too much conclusive evidence tor them to spin this one into i
falsehood-bet cha' a dollar to a doughnut that they'll never even men
tion the incident on the air Now will thev9
Think about it. please' hy R()f)erl Q C?m<? jr
UNCP Graduates Honored
for Commurjity Service
PEMBROKE NC- Thirteen UNCP ^
Pembroke graduates earned dis-'
tinction of being named leadership
Fellows by the Leadership'
and Service Opportunities Program
(LSOP). The student volun
leered for more than 150 hours
; community service as undergraduates
Five additional graduates earned
[ Distinguished Leader awards for
; completing a minimum of 25 hours
of community service and a scries
of leadership workshops during
the fall semester
vi"se outstanding volunteers received
a special transcript and
gold tassels for their robes during
the commencement ceremonies
"Each of these dedicated students
completed many hours of community
service throughout their tenure
at UNCP in addition to completing
a series of leadership workshops."
said Mclanic Clark. LSOP
coordinator "For their efforts.
Amy WoodeH of Pembroke who
receved her degree in Social
Work is a member of the special
group honored as I.cade ship Pellaws.
i Corn and Soybean Meeting
* There will be an important meeting for corn and soybean grower
ij Tuesday Feb 3, 2004 at the Ten Mile Center Church on US Hwy 301
North The meeting will begin at 6:30pm and a meal will be provided
Please attend this very important meeting
Bricy Hammonds reappointed
to Housing Commission
Pembroke-Bricy Hammonds have been reappointed to another fiveyear
term of the Pembroke Housing Authority Commission by the
Honorable Milton R. Hunt, Mayor for the Town of Pembroke.
Mr. Hammonds was originally appointed on January 7, 2000 to fill
the unexpired term of Commissioner William Lock/ear. With the
passage of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act
(QHWRA) of / 99 H, all public housing authorities across the United
states were required to have at least one resident appointed and or
elected to its Board of Commissioners. After a careful search, Mayor
Hunt selected Bricy Hammonds as the fist resident to serve under
the newly adopted HUD guidelines. Since his appointment. Commissioner
Hammonds has been actively involved with the Resident
Advisory Board and other community meetings sponsored by the
Authority. He has faithfully attended every called meeting of the
Authority since his appointment as Commissioner. "We are extremely
pleased with Mayor Hunt's appointment," said Lemark
Harris, executive Director. "His reappointment of Commissioner
Hammonds to serve as Commissioner for public housing in the town
of Pembroke is indicative of his commitment for a strong public
housing program for the residents of the Town of Pembroke."
Commissioner Hammonds is married to the former Thelma Smith oj _
Pembroke.
Commissioner Hammonds is shonn left with Mayor MiUon Hunt.
Share Your Love for
Reading Become an
Adult Literacy Tutor
If you love to read, we have a rewarding volunteer opportunity for
you. If you can donate 2 to 3 hours per week, you can help and adult
learn howtcrread.
The Robeson County Church & Community Center Literacy Council is
offering a Free Adult Literacy tutor training for people interested in
teaching another adult to read Classes will be held on Saturday
February 7th and Saturday February 14th from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Once completed you will be a certified tutor
Contact Frances Thomas at (910)738-5204 for more information and for
workshop registration
Classes will be held at Robeson County Church and Community Center
210 East 15th Street. Lumbcrton. NC
AIMI to hold cultural classes
American Indian Mothers Inc. will be holding cultural classes every
Thursday night, beginning December 11, at 7 pm..
in the AIMI building on Hwv 71 '
910-843-9914
Instructors will be Matthew Chavis teaching drums and singing.
Sam Pedro will be Lead Singer and Dave Locklear will be teaching bead
work
Come and join us for our training classes
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